

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986, Japanese. Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Nobuhiko ObayashiDirector
- Isako WashioO-Shouchan
- Yasufumi HayashiSoutaroh Sudou
- Riki TakeuchiKawakita
- Koichi SatoChuui Aoki
- Jun'ichirô KatagiriSakae Ohsugi
- Aiko ShourikiMizue Okami
- Toshinori OmiYuuta Hayami
- Makoto SatouSeiroku the Pimp
- Nenji KobayashiGonzoh
- Akira ŌizumiSchool Custodian
- Guts IshimatsuGunroh Tabata
- Toru MinegishiSakae's Father
Details
- Released
- 4 October 1986
- Original title
- 野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Nobuo Yamada
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast runs 135 minutes (2h 15m).
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 October 1986. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast?
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986) was directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi and stars Isako Washio, Yasufumi Hayashi, Riki Takeuchi.